Mr. and Mrs. An came over brimming with anticipation, and left filled with disappointment.
When they left, they remembered to say their goodbyes to their hosts. Gu Shengyin and Mrs. Song stood together to see them off.
Mr. An looked at the mother and daughter standing together. With them standing so, no one would likely doubt their relationship.
"Qinyu," he paused before saying, "Dad... Uncle An and Auntie An have wronged you these years. Now that you have returned to your own home, you must be happy."
Gu Shengyin smiled politely, looking at her mom beside her, "Don’t worry. Dad, mom, and my brother have all been very good to me."
Mother Song disliked Mr. An’s tone of voice. When Yuyu was with them, he hadn’t shown her much concern, yet now that she had returned to the Song Family, he suddenly stepped forward to play the good guy.
Her smile was courteous yet distant, "Yuyu is my daughter. Her dad and I will cherish her as our own treasure. We appreciate Mr. An’s concern, but it isn’t necessary."
Mr. An opened his mouth but said nothing more, as he attempted to lead his wife away.
However, Mother An stood her ground and said to Mother Song, "What about Tiantian? Tiantian has been living with the Song Family for many years and has long considered this her home. Aren’t you going to want her anymore?"
For the first time, Mother Song felt it was impossible to communicate further.
What kind of statement was that? Now that everyone knew that Song Tian wasn’t the Song’s daughter, did Mother An seriously not intend to take back her own biological daughter and instead leave her with the Song Family?
She put on a polite and distant smile and said, "Now that we know Tiantian is your daughter, of course, we can’t separate flesh and blood. My husband and I have already discussed it. Tiantian is currently injured and cannot move around conveniently. When her injury heals, you can come to take her back home."
Mother An, thinking of her daughter’s previous attitude, felt she needed to speak up for her daughter. She sharply questioned Mother Song, "Are you so heartless? Tiantian has been raised by you since she was a child, and early on considered this her home and you as her biological parents. Now that you’ve found your own daughter, do you really have no affection and intend to abandon her just like that?"
Mother Song: "..." Her good upbringing kept her from cursing outright, yet she trembled with rage at these words.
How could there be such audacious and shameless people in the world?
What kind of logic was that? Sending someone back to their biological parents was suddenly being unfeeling and heartless?
Suddenly feeling warmth in her hand, it was Gu Shengyin holding it.
Gu Shengyin looked coldly at Mother An, who seemed righteously indignant, and spoke, "Auntie An, your words are not right. You raised me for sixteen years, but I never felt any warmth of maternal affection from you. When I left to return to the Song Family, I didn’t see any reluctance from you. And regarding Song Tian, you hardly knew of her existence until just now, and yet you are so determined to think wholeheartedly for her. It seems that blood ties, after all, cannot be offset by the grace of upbringing. In my eyes, she will be able to enjoy your deepest maternal affection if she returns to the An Family."
Mother An was left choking on her words by this retort; she had never liked An Qinyu, and now seeing her talk back, she instinctively wanted to lash out.
Mr. An held her back, "Enough, don’t make a scene here."
The things his wife had just said were so intolerable that even he could not bear them. Hadn’t they seen the changing expressions on the Song mother and daughter’s faces?